5136, SA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 5136, SA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total lack of households without a car marks the transport landscape in postcode 5136. This area is almost entirely dependent on private vehicles, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

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📍 5136, SA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are everywhere here, with 83.5% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This explains why the number of households without a car has fallen from 1.8% in 2011 to none at all in 2021.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 5136, SA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 4 or more (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers rely on cars, with 61.1% driving to work. While 17.8% of people now work from home—a rise of 11 points since 2011—only 1.5% use public transport to commute.

17.8% ▲ +148.0%

Higher than 56% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 17.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.5% ▼ -48.3%

Higher than 62% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In 5136, SA, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This is far below the South Australian average of 4.96 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

0.0

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

While the drive time to the city is relatively short at 19 minutes, walking to the nearest transport stop takes a very long time—about 84 minutes—which is among the highest for similar areas.

84

Higher than 99% of postcode areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

19

Lower than 73% of postcode areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5136, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5136/5136-sa/topic/transport